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PHOTOS: Campers spend frigid winter night at Cathedral Lake

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Winter campers hunker down in a Black Diamond Megamid minutes before snow begins to fall at Cathedral Lake on Saturday night.
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A group of winter campers set out to spend a Saturday night at Cathedral Lake, an isolated alpine lake about four miles southwest of the ghost town of Ashcroft in Pitkin County, where temperatures dropped to single digits around midnight.

Nick Penzel leads the way toward Malamute Peak Saturday afternoon, followed by Charlie Robinson.
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Nick Penzel (right) tests the snow depth as he prepares to set up camp at Cathedral Lake on Saturday afternoon.
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Charlie Robinson (left) and Colin Suszynski (right) stand amid a snowstorm at Cathedral Lake on Saturday night.
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Charlie Robinson fires up an MSR WhisperLite to melt snow for cooking and drinking water Sunday morning at Cathedral Lake.
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Two four-season tents lay partially buried Sunday morning after Saturday night’s storm at Cathedral Lake.
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Baker Casagrande descends a pitch east of Cathedral Lake with his backcountry skins still on and while still in touring mode Sunday, as he gets ready for another incline.
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Wind whips over the ridge to the east of Cathedral Lake on Sunday morning.
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Skyler Stark-Ragsdale can be reached at 970-429-9152 or email him at sstark-ragsdale@aspentimes.com.

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